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Saturn occultation: The Moon is covering Saturn. One can see very well the differences in the brightnesses. The Moon is overexposed while Saturn is underexposed. Not very sharp picture. Probably an 30cm f/4 Newtonian with eyepiece projection is not the right instrument for this kind of picture. I used the "hat trick" to reduce vibrations of the shutter. — Minolta SRT-101, d=300m f=1200mm Newtonian, Güntisberg (Wald/ZH), 3 November 2001

Moon: Moon three days after full phase. Shot with Nikon Coolpix 990 handheld on the eyepiece of a d=300 f/4 Newtonian telescope. 3th November 2001

Klausen Pass: Klausenpass, GL: Looking back to Linthal while climbing up the serpentines of the Klausenpass (one end of the single road through the canton Glarus). October 2001, Fujichrome Velvia 50.

Sernf Valley: Sernftal, GL: Coloured autumn trees and a chalet somewhere between Elm and Trämligen. The idyll is deceptive: I was standing right under an ugly high voltage pole when I took this picture. Oktober 2001, Fujichrome Velvia 50.

Sernf Valley: Sernftal, GL: Coloured autumn trees somewhere between Elm and Trämligen. The idyll is deceptive: I was standing right under an ugly high voltage pole when I took this picture. Oktober 2001, Fujichrome Velvia 50.

Sunset: Sun setting behind two trees on a hill. Shot from a meadow at Hirzel village on 19th October 2001. Well, this is a combination of two images (one bright with the trees but without Sun and one dark just with the solar disk and the silhouette of the tree). The film was almost filled and I did not have another one in the bag (shame). The bright image was shot accidentally while pointing the camera and the one with just the sun was too dark because I measured the brightness of the sky too early (shame again). I combined those two images using Photoshop and negative multiplication of the two layers and graduation curve corretion of the bright image. The Sun will set at this point every year from about 18-20th October and 20-22th February. I hope the next time the weather will be as good and I will have enough films. 8/500mm RF tele, Fujichrome Velvia.